: [MBZ] Gambling was Re: math
Last year in Vegas I was walking through the Belaggio with some friends and
happened by a roulette table. I'd never played roulette before and knew one
of my friends was into different table games so asked him to help me.
If I remember correctly I ended up putting $
kay.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:38:52 +
From: "Jeff Zedic"
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Actually your best odds are with the table and card games. If you go
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, 2009 8:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gambling was Re: math
"Luther" said:
> A trick to always winning on the slot machines is to watch and find the
> person that plays for 30min-1hr or more and doesn't win. When they
> finally get frustrated
"Luther" said:
> A trick to always winning on the slot machines is to watch and find the
> person that plays for 30min-1hr or more and doesn't win. When they
> finally get frustrated and leave, sit in their seat and play. It will
> probably hit something for you fairly quickly.
The casinos
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Actually, the house has a 1/2 percent advantage over you and that's assuming
you are an absolute perfect player, but none of us are. Card counting used
to work because the actual hand to hand advantage swings back and for with
the percentage of face cards (10 - A) left in the
Get the book Bringing Down the House about a bunch of MIT folks who
turned that activity into a very lucrative business, and caused major
changes in the "gaming" industry. It's a fun read.
--R
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Actually, the house has a 1/2 percent advantage over you and that's assuming
yo
Zedic wrote: " Your best odds of a win?.roulette"
If you bet black or red, then roulette is not that bad, but it is still less
than 50-50% because there is the zero/double zero. The best odds in the house,
i.e. closest to 50% is craps and only on the pass/come line and it is still
less tha
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gambling was Re: math
Jeff Zedic wrote:
> Your best odds of a win?.roulet
Jeff Zedic wrote:
Your best odds of a win?.roulette
How many green numbers are on the wheels over there, one or two?
There are still a few casinos in the USA that run a slightly positive expected
value game of blackjack, assuming you play perfect basic strategy and can count.
Make a mis
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I've heard that theory and believe that some people made a lot of money
selling books that stated the same thing along with "how to beat Black
Jack", etc, etc.
Both my high school math teachers fancied themselves gamblers to a certain
extent. My geometry teacher liked black
Actually your best odds are with the table and card games. If you go
to the PBS website you may still be able to watch a documentary on the
slot machine industry.
Old mechanical slots were much different than the electronic ones of
today. Today's machines use operant conditioning to mess with you
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On Behalf Of Luther
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gambling was Re: math
A trick to always winning on the slot machines is to watch and find the
person that plays for 30min-1hr or more and doesn't win. When they
A trick to always winning on the slot machines is to watch and find the
person that plays for 30min-1hr or more and doesn't win. When they
finally get frustrated and leave, sit in their seat and play. It will
probably hit something for you fairly quickly.
Luther
Donald Snook wrote:
Tom Har
i don't play slots, but i understand that many of them do offer very high
percentage payouts and if played optimally leave the house with a very
minimal advantage over the player.
i like poker myself.
guess that's why the casino offers a lot of variety so that anyone who wants
to gamble to find s
Tom Hargrave: "Yep, with slots and table games you might as well go and deposit
your money
directly in their bank."
I have never (currently knocking wood) left a casino not having won something
and I play slots. Now, I am not talking about winning a lot. The worst I ever
did was winning only
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